In search of assistance after becoming separated from her family, Misty eventually tried to cross a busy road by herself.
Fortunately, passing motorists noticed the disoriented and perplexed young otter and promptly phoned the Scottish SPCA to see if they could help.
Misty was taken to the Scottish SPCA’s National Wildlife Rescue Center, where staff quickly set about caring for the little otter. Poor Misty was only 10 weeks old, much too young to survive on her own, and was at first incredibly nervous and unsure about her new temporary home.
“We named the cub Misty as she is very small and mist is made up of tiny droplets of water,” Colin Seddon, manager of the National Wildlife Rescue Center, said in a press release. “She was difficult to feed when she arrived as she wouldn’t take a bottle, but we were able to get her onto fish and she is now going from strength to strength!”
An otter so young really needs the care and guidance of her family, and so to help her feel safe and bring her a little comfort, staff at the rescue center got Misty a special friend whom Misty absolutely loved and bonded with immediately.
The soft, friendly robin toy is something comfy that Misty can cuddle up to in place of her parents, and will help to make her feel loved until she can be released back into the wild and find an otter family once again.
She will be raised with Fin, an otter youngster who arrived in our care on Boxing Day and is of a similar age. When Misty is old enough to survive on her own in the wild, which should be in about a year, she will be released.
Despite having a difficult beginning, Misty now has the nicest toy to cuddle with as she waits to return to the wild, where she belongs, thanks to her rescuers.
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